Venus of Fréjus Type Restored as a Muse

Venus of Fréjus Type Restored as a Muse - statue
CensusID: 10010150
Alias
Aphrodite of Louvre-Naples Type
Venus Genetrix
Draped Female
Location
Roma, Palazzo Colonna
Inventory no. inv. 95
Description
Class
Type
Material
Present Condition
Original
Number
Descriptive Details
Dimensions
sculpture
statue
marble
restored
no
01
figure
female
standing
draped
chiton
himation
left breast bare
right hand holding a scroll
left hand holding a flute
Aphrodite
Venus
type: Fréjus
Muse
height: 172 ,5 cm (without plinth)
History
Date of Creation
Style
Artist(s)/Creator(s)
Preservation Event(s)
1st half of 2nd cent.
Imperial Roman
unknown
Date
Action
Person responsible
Note(s)
Date
Action
Person responsible
Note(s)
ante 1732
restored
unknown
restored as a Muse:
lower arms
hands
scroll
flute
1759
restored
Grossi, Giovanni Battista
consolidation of head:
lower part of the face
neck
Provenance
Provenance Event(s) Date
Location
21 Jan 2017 00:18:32
ante 1732
Roma, Palazzo Salviati
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Relationships
Corpus Winckelmann Document(s):
Paris, BnF, Fonds Allemand: > Winckelmann Nachlass Paris > vol. 68 > p. 072
Original:
untraced: Greek Original of Venus of Fréjus Type - statue
Parallel Replica(s) known to Renaissance:
Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale: Venus Genetrix - statue
untraced: Venus Genetrix - statue
Wien, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung: Venus Genetrix - statue
untraced: Venus Genetrix - statue
Roma, American Embassy: Venus Genetrix - statue
Roma, Villa Albani: Venus of Fréjus Type with Head of Apollon Sauroktonos - statue
Firenze, Museo Archeologico: Venus of Fréjus Type - statue
Roma, Palazzo Colonna: Venus of Fréjus Type Restored as Flora - statue
Paris, Musée du Louvre: Venus of Fréjus Type - statue
Roma, Villa Albani: Venus of Fréjus Type - statue
Roma, Palazzo Colonna: Venus of Fréjus Type Restored as a Muse - statue
References
Bibliography:
> Matz, Friedrich & Duhn, Friedrich von: Antike Bildwerke in Rom mit Ausschluss der groesseren
Sammlungen, I-III, Leipzig 1881-1882 > no. 720
> Handbuch der Archäologie, vol. 6.3., Georg Lippold: Die griechische Plastik, München 1950
(Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft, 6) > p. 336
> Margarete Bieber: Ancient copies. Contributions to the history of Greek and Roman Art, New York
1977 > p. 47
> Lexikon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, I-(...), Zuerich, Muenchen 1981-(...) > vol. II, p. 37,
no. 252
> Margit Brinke: Kopienkritische und typologische Untersuchungen zur statuarischen Überlieferung der
Aphrodite Typus Louvre-Neapel, Hamburg 1991 > pp. 123f., 178, no. G 55
> Filippo Carinci, Herbert Keutner, Luisa Musso: Catalogo della Galleria Colonna in Roma, Rome 1990
> pp. 233-235, no. 126
> Margit Brinke: Die Aphrodite Louvre-Neapel, in: Antike Plastik 25 (1996) > p. 42, no. R 33
> Hannelore Winkler: Die tiefe Gürtung, Rheinfelden 1996 > pp. 135-136, no. 15
> Adolf H. Borbein, Max Kunze: Ville e palazzi di Roma, ed. by Adolf H. Borbein, Mainz 2003 (Johann
Joachim Winckelmann: Schriften und Nachlaß 5,1) > pp. 58, 266
Comment
inserted:
Brigitte Kuhn
Sascha Kansteiner
21 Jan 2017 00:18:32
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